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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
20301 MAIL SERVICE CENTER • RALEIGH, NC 27699-0301
March 24, 2009
Contact: Chris Mackey
Office: (919) 733-5612
Perdue Appoints Two Superior Court Judges
Letts and Hassell to fill vacancies
Gov. Bev Perdue today filled two judicial vacancies appointing District Court Judge Bradley
Letts of Sylva and former District Court Judge Robby Hassell of Greensboro to Superior Court
seats.
“These attorneys represent the best of the legal profession and they share the common trait of
wanting to serve the public,” said Perdue.
Judge Bradley Letts will represent Haywood and Jackson counties as a Superior Court judge and
will step down from his District Court seat. Judge Letts has served as a District Court judge for
the 30th Judicial District since 2000. He is a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Tribe,
and he set up and served as the tribe’s in-house counsel prior to his service as District Court
judge. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of
Mississippi School of Law.
A. Robinson (Robby) Hassell will serve the unexpired term of Special Superior Court Judge
John Smith. Hassell was a District Court judge in Guilford County from 1999 to 2008. Prior to
that, he was in the private practice of law and also had served as an assistant public defender in
Guilford County. Robinson graduated from the UNC at Chapel Hill School of Law.
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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
20301 MAIL SERVICE CENTER • RALEIGH, NC 27699-0301
March 24, 2009
Contact: Chris Mackey
Office: (919) 733-5612
Perdue Appoints Two Superior Court Judges
Letts and Hassell to fill vacancies
Gov. Bev Perdue today filled two judicial vacancies appointing District Court Judge Bradley
Letts of Sylva and former District Court Judge Robby Hassell of Greensboro to Superior Court
seats.
“These attorneys represent the best of the legal profession and they share the common trait of
wanting to serve the public,” said Perdue.
Judge Bradley Letts will represent Haywood and Jackson counties as a Superior Court judge and
will step down from his District Court seat. Judge Letts has served as a District Court judge for
the 30th Judicial District since 2000. He is a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Tribe,
and he set up and served as the tribe’s in-house counsel prior to his service as District Court
judge. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of
Mississippi School of Law.
A. Robinson (Robby) Hassell will serve the unexpired term of Special Superior Court Judge
John Smith. Hassell was a District Court judge in Guilford County from 1999 to 2008. Prior to
that, he was in the private practice of law and also had served as an assistant public defender in
Guilford County. Robinson graduated from the UNC at Chapel Hill School of Law.
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